England's cricket team adopted jersey numbers in 1999 during the ICC Cricket World Cup, drawing inspiration from football and other sports to enhance player recognition for fans. While each cricketer often chooses a number for personal or sentimental reasons, England cricket does not retire jersey numbers, meaning younger players may don the numbers of past legends.
Here's a look at some notable players and their chosen jersey numbers:
| PLAYER NAME | JERSEY NO. |
|---|---|
| Nick Knight | 1 |
| Andrew Caddick, Marcus Trescothick, Joe Denly | 2 |
| Owais Shah, Nasser Hussain, Nick Compton | 3 |
| Jonathan Trott, Stephen Parry, Robert Key, Mark Davies | 4 |
| Paul Collingwood, Keaton Jennings | 5 |
| Jonathan Lewis, Stephen Moore | 6 |
| Ian Bell, Graeme Hick, James Foster, Chris Read | 7 |
| Stuart Broad, Darren Gough, Ashley Giles | 8 |
| James Anderson, Graham Onions | 9 |
| Luke Wright, Rehan Ahmed, Anthony McGrath, Alex Hales, Stephen Harmison, Geraint Jones | 10 |
| Andrew Flintoff, Tom Smith | 11 |
| Alex Loudon, James Troughton | 12 |
| Ajmal Shahzad | 13 |
| Andrew Strauss, James Vince | 14 |
| Glen Chapple, David Willey, Michael Carberry | 15 |
| Eoin Morgan, James Kirtley | 16 |
| Liam Plunkett, Jeremy Snape, Ben Duckett | 17 |
| Moeen Ali, Ryan Sidebottom | 18 |
| Chris Woakes, Sajid Mahmood | 19 |
| Jason Roy, Tim Bresnan, Rikki Clarke | 20 |
| Ben Hollioake | 21 |
| Jofra Archer, Craig Kieswetter, Matthew Hoggard | 22 |
| Matt Prior, Ravi Bopara | 23 |
| Kevin Pietersen, Paul Grayson, Ed Joyce | 24 |
| Steven Finn, Ravi Bopara, Saqib Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, James Hildreth | 25 |
| Alastair Cook, Chris Silverwood, Olly Stone | 26 |
| Rory Burns | 27 |
| Chris Schofield, Matt Parkinson | 28 |
| Samit Patel | 29 |
| NA | 30 |
| Richard Dawson | 31 |
| Ollie Pope | 32 |
| Chris Tremlett, Mike Powell, Kabir Ali, Mark Wood | 33 |
| Jamie Dalrymple, Chris Jordan | 34 |
| Matty Potts, Richard Gleeson | 35 |
| NA | 36 |
| Scott Borthwick, Ian Blackwell | 37 |
| Vikram Solanki | 38 |
| Kyle Hogg, Jamie Luke Smith | 39 |
| Michael Yardy | 40 |
| Gareth Batty | 41 |
| NA | 42 |
| Steve Davies | 43 |
| Ben Scott | 44 |
| Michael Lumb, Alex Tudor | 45 |
| Jade Dernbach, Monty Panesar | 46 |
| Paul Nixon | 47 |
| Graham Napier, Sam Hain | 48 |
| NA | 49 |
| Simon Jones | 50 |
| Jonny Bairstow, Alex Gidman | 51 |
| Phil Mustard, George Louis, Sheridan Scrimshaw | 52 |
| James Tredwell | 53 |
| NA | 54 |
| Ben Stokes | 55 |
| Alec Stewart | 56 |
| Alan Richardson | 57 |
| Robbie Joseph, Sam Curran | 58 |
| NA | 59 |
| Stuart Meaker | 60 |
| Richard Johnson, Phil Salt | 61 |
| Will Jefferson | 62 |
| Jos Buttler | 63 |
| NA | 64 |
| NA | 65 |
| Joe Root, Graeme Swann | 66 |
| Jason Roy | 67 |
| Boyd Rankin | 68 |
| NA | 69 |
| NA | 70 |
| NA | 71 |
| Tymal Mills | 72 |
| NA | 73 |
| NA | 74 |
| NA | 75 |
| NA | 76 |
| Mark Ramprakash, Luke Wood | 77 |
| NA | 78 |
| NA | 79 |
| NA | 80 |
| NA | 81 |
| NA | 82 |
| Liam Dawson | 83 |
| NA | 84 |
| Will Jacks | 85 |
| NA | 86 |
| NA | 87 |
| NA | 88 |
| NA | 89 |
| NA | 90 |
| NA | 91 |
| Brydon Carse | 92 |
| NA | 93 |
| NA | 94 |
| Adil Rashid | 95 |
| NA | 96 |
| Haseeb Hameed | 97 |
| NA | 98 |
| Michael Vaughan | 99 |
| NA | 100 |
While England cricket does not formally retire jersey numbers, several prominent players have retired from international cricket, leaving their numbers available for future generations.
Here are some notable retired players and their associated jersey numbers (where specified):
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